Free 3rd Grade Writing Centers

Ready to give your students a spook-tacular writing experience? These 10 Halloween-themed story starters are designed to spark imagination and creativity in your classroom. Perfect for grades 4 and up, these engaging prompts are open-ended, allowing students to create their own spooky, mysterious, or magical tales.

Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for October or Halloween-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “As I walked through the dark forest, I saw a glowing jack-o’-lantern with a note attached. The note said…”
• “One rainy Halloween night, I heard a mysterious knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a box with something moving inside.”
• “While trick-or-treating, I came across a house that no one ever visits. The door creaked open by itself, and I decided to…”
• And 7 more eerie and thrilling prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

Easy to Use: Just print and go! No prep needed.
Engaging & Fun: Each prompt invites students to explore their creativity with a Halloween twist.
Flexible Use: Great for writing centers, independent work, or creative group activities.
Perfect for Fall: Bring the spooky season into your classroom with these seasonal story starters.

Don’t miss out on this FREE Halloween resource that will keep your students’ creativity brewing all month long! Download today and let the spooky storytelling begin!

FREE!!! 21 journal prompts and/or discussion starters with Thanksgiving themed prompts and visuals for ELA and history/social studies. .

Bonne rentrée ! Cette activité permettra à vos élèves de/d':

• explorer les livres dans votre classe,
• faire des recommandations à ses pairs,
• utiliser les recommandations de leurs pairs pour découvrir de nouveaux livres,
• faire des liens avec des lectures et des expériences passées,
• créer une « liste de souhaits » de lecture pour l'année scolaire.

Cette ressource est l'une de mes activités préférées pour la rentrée. Plusieurs versions de cette activité sont incluses selon l'âge de vos élèves ! Les élèves utiliseront des trombones ou des pinces à linge pour attacher leurs recommandations à leurs couvertures de livres préférées.

Ensuite, ils créeront leur propre liste de souhaits de livres en fonction des recommandations des camarades de classe.

Enfin, les élèves écriront un court texte persuasif expliquant pourquoi ils pensent que leur livre est le MEILLEUR, ce qui vous donnera un petit échantillon d'écriture afin que vous puissiez mieux répondre aux besoins de vos nouveaux élèves.

Merci!!

Mme. Kaitlyn

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This TeachShare freebie is a writing activity for students to share their favorite things and activities about spring. The freebie encourages students to write down their thoughts and feelings about the season, allowing them to express themselves creatively while building their writing skills. I hope you enjoy recalling your favorite spring activities with your students!

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The Ultimate Spring Writing Bundle

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These finish the story writing prompt papers will help bring writing to life during the spring season! These no-prep narrative writing prompts are perfect for easy writing activities, writing centers, writer's workshop, early finisher activities, daily journaling, morning work and more! These prompts are great for first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade students! Students will love using the story starter prompts to creatively write an ending to their own story.

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What's included:

• 3 spring themed finish the story writing prompts
• 2 versions per prompt (one with a space for a picture + one with lines only)

Finish the Story Example:

• I like to look at different kinds of bugs. I think of how they all have their own tiny worlds. One day I was sitting in the grass with my magnifying glass. Suddenly, I heard a tiny voice. "Hey, down here!" I looked down only to find...

More Writing Resources:

Spring Finish the Story Writing Prompts

Summer Finish the Story Writing Prompts

More Spring Resources:

Spring Zoomed In

Spring Would You Rather

Spring Guess the Emoji Phrase

Spring Mega Activity Bundle

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Celebrate Valentine's Day this year with this cute postcard writing Valentine. These cards are an easy and hassle-free way to spread the love this Valentines. The cards feature dashed lines that are ready to capture a sweet message! You can choose to add a treat if you like! Or hole punch the cards and use ribbon to attach to a small goody bag!

These cards are also just perfect for teens and older students who may want to write to express themselves.

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This packet includes 2 essay templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write an essay or for students who are going to write a rough draft after brainstorming.

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Freebie! Transform your classroom into an engaging alphabet adventure with this freebie printable pack, Letters of the Alphabet: Letter Aa Crown Craft Activity & Animal Headband pack. Ideal for Pre-K, Kindergarten, year 1 students & Home Schooling as you introduce each letter or letter sound. Perfect for teaching ABCs and letter recognition, this product includes five crown designs fo the letter Aa that students can color, cut and proudly wear. This product also includes 4 Animal Headband Templates (Alligator and Ant templates) that can be used for a fun consolidation craft. Writing prompt animal headbands are included for a fun writing task. These templates actively reinforce letter formation, stimulate creativity, and foster a positive learning environment. Make learning fun and memorable with these interactive crown crafts that captivate young minds on their educational journey.

This Letter Aa pack includes:

• 2 Color Templates for formation,
• 4 Black & White Templates (Beginning Sound Color, Formation & Cut and Paste Templates),
• 4 Animal Craft Headband Templates (Alligator and Ant templates),
• Side pieces for formation & art project.

Click here for the full Letter Aa to Zz Craftivity Bundle!

Individual packs for each letter of the alphabet also available in my store.

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Practice GRATITUDE along with so much more with this activity - writing, spelling, organization, healthy competition, creativity, and much more! This activity is ready to use for whatever your students may benefit from most! Set a timer and see who can list the most items, use it as a follow up activity after introducing gratitude, practice writing and spelling all of the things that mean the most to your students! Both color and black and white version included for easy printing! Once completed, hang up in your classroom, in lockers, or keep in their desks for reflection and gratitude reminders throughout the season OR do a follow up list toward the end of the season and see if their lists grow as they start to be more intentional on identifying things to be grateful for!!

The Nigh Elf- A holiday themed Mad Lib for practicing Nouns, Verbs, and adjectives.

Celebrate Earth Day with this craft and writing activity! This is just what you need to supplement your lessons in teaching about how we care for the Earth. Each hat/headband is in black and white so students can use their creativity to color their choice and then they can respond to the writing prompt. This crown is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade students!

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What's Included:

• 1 black & white crowns with writing prompts
• Extra extension bands students can also color

Prompt Included

• I show love to the Earth by...

Directions

• Print and allow your students to color the crown and extender piece.
• Choose your favorite or let your students choose!
• Crowns typically hold up better if they are printed on cardstock or construction paper.
• You can also use a sentence strip or piece of bulletin board border as the band.
• I have included extra extension bands if needed.

More Earth Day Resources

Earth Day Craft Crowns + Writing Prompts

Earth Day Roll & Race Multiplication & Division

Earth Day Roll & Race Addition & Subtraction

Earth Day Roll & Read Phonics Games

Do your students have trouble determining when to use "I" or "Me"? This easy-to-follow PowerPoint includes: Simplified Rules for Using"I" and "Me" Easy to follow Examples Peer Workshopping Activity This to-the-point presentation is for individual, small, or whole group introduction and review.. Make learning to use "I' or "Me" easy!

Celebrate Valentine's Day with these free Finish the Story Writing Prompts! These creative writing prompts are perfect for easy writing activities, writing centers, writer's workshop, early finisher activities, daily journaling, morning meeting activities and more! This is perfect for first-grade, second-grade, third-grade, and fourth-grade students!

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What's included:

• 3 finish the story writing prompts
• 1 directions slide

Finish the Story Example:

• As I scanned the library shelves, my eyes locked onto a mysterious map. It whispered to me, "Are you ready for an adventure? Follow my heart-shaped trail to unlock a treasure..."

Need more Valentine's Day resources? Click the links below!

Valentine's Day Would You Rather

Valentine's Day Stand Up Game

Valentine's Day Find Someone Who

Valentine's Day Zoomed In Game

Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt

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This packet includes 4 paragraph templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write a paragraph. 4 templates are included to fit the length of each student's paragraph.

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Four creative writing prompts with winter coloring pictures. Promotes writing skills, creative thinking, and on-demand prompt writing. Use with mini-lessons to teach basic skills or for assessment of writing skills. Share in small or whole group settings and display students' writings for all to read.